Comments on: Whole Foods to Abandon Its Plans for New Store, Refurbish Existing Minyard’s Eyesore Instead

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:35:43 +0000

And another thing! Where do you right-wing morons get off criticizing hippies? Explain to me right now why you think you’re better than them? Let me guess: 1) you’re very conservative; 2) you’re Republican; 3) you’re rich; 4) you’re an evangelical christian (but you frequent the topless bars); 5) you helped elect the worst president this country has ever seen; 6) you like war; 7) you think torture is ok; you really hate paying taxes; 9) you don’t like poor people and you want the government to stop helping them (what little help they get); 10) you don’t believe in government, unless it is ultra-conservative, in which case you believe in unrestricted government power. Get off your godd*mn high right-wing horses and thank your god for hippies. Hippies helped bring about civil rights for those other than whites in this country. Hippies brought attention to the fact that industry and cities were raping the environment in this country. Hippies pointed out that the Viet Nam war was morally bankrupt. Hippies helped point out that Richard Nixon was a crook. Hippies pointed out a hell of a lot of lies and hypocrisy. Actually, many of the above comments smack of hypocrisy. Clean your act up fascists. We don’t care what you think here in Lakewood, TX.

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:22:27 +0000

Well, I’m a little late weighing in on this, but…This reminds me of a wise old saying…Opinions are like anuses, everybody has one. Just how many of you opinionated people live in our neighborhood? How many of you will shop at this store? If the answer for any of you is “well, no I don’t..” then your opinion isn’t worth sh*t. You sound like a bunch of frustrated ultra-right wing Bushies with nothing better to talk about. Bored? How about doing something about your wonderful President and his torture program???? Wanna complain about local zoning and development? Complain about your own neighborhood.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:23:29 +0000

WOW! I don’t understan how people can be so short sited that they would perfer to see blight vs progress. I understand trying to maintain the character in neighborhoods however this is a square box that really has no historic value. I have seen many of Whole Foods New stores in CA and believe me. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL. Its a shame that a few loud mouth libs win over such a great company is frustrating and depressing for the area. Commercial needs to change and attracting some large companies will help the area’s grow and attract new families. Get with it people!! Not all change is bad.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:31:07 +0000

Sounds like a long-lost girlfriend of SB’s ran off with a hippie. It’s okay if it still hurts. Let it all out now.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:23:16 +0000

The parking-only restriction was negotiated more than 26 years ago (in 1982). The current owner’s representative(s) may have been interested in lifiting the parking restriction, and allow re-sting of the buildng. But WF didn’t want to pay the piper.

WF wanted a zoning variance to build a new building “on the cheap.”

By: Bill Kennedy

Bill Kennedy — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:53:00 +0000

‘Deep Ellum’ said it all just above. In their zealous rioting to force WF to adhere to the PD, they forgot two VERY important things.
1) The lady who owned the south parking lot land was not going to allow a structure on her site. She was under contract with WF for that, and her property was ‘conforming use’ under zoning. Yet the zealots kept claiming WF could “force her” to change! Stupid.

2) By vetoing the new building poste-haste, they have forever forced themselves to live with the old, grandfathered conforming use building. So, the PD is still just a pipe dream as far as their signature corner is concerned, for a long, long time into the future.

They all need to start wandering that parking lot now, staring at the ground, where they will all find their noses which were cut off to spite their collective faces.

By: Smokey

Smokey — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:39:32 +0000

As usual….an opportunity to make our neighborhood look/feel “a little bit different” is lost b/c neighborhood activists derail the plan by micromanaging every detail….Can’t you all see why larger business’ don’t want to “deal” with our neighborhood? Thanks for “saving” another box that is ugly instead of the beautiful small town building feel that they were going for….oh yeah, btw….thanks for saving the gas station turned into bank at Belmont/Abrams…NOT!

By: Deep Ellum

Deep Ellum — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:34:46 +0000

Speaking as one of the 16 members of the committee that developed the existing PD, I would have loved to seen the zoning amended for the Whole Foods building. The purpose of the PD was to establish guidelines that would lead to a certain type of environment. They were the means, not the end. Like any arbitrary set of rules, they can’t take in to account every possible scenario 20 years down the road. That’s why you have ways to amend them.

Whole Foods’ proposed design was superior to anything that can be developed on that property under the PD. We’ve lost a once in a generation opportunity, because of a few individuals inability to think outside the box.

By: Angry Lwooder

Angry Lwooder — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:02:16 +0000

This is so typical of what goes on in East Dallas. A few people like Norma Minnis and Virginia Mc. kill most of the really good projects. I’m really tired of this. What makes it worse is Bob Weiss and Neil Emmons are such toadies for the neighborhood groups. They both play to them endless and it sickens me. Neither of them ever do what’s best for Dallas. Quit killing good commercial projects that would help to lower the tax burden on regular homeowners.

By: Lakewooder

Lakewooder — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:46:23 +0000

whatever – I lived on Pershing for eight years so I am intimately familiar with Henderson and still use the street a couple of times per week.

I imagine if the Andres brothers can’t get this to work, they will have to sell the site. How would you like the non-residential traffic from a Wal-Mart or Home Depot?

Their plan gives Dallas another walk-able section.